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A large visitor which came into our home.
We don't normally put American Money on our walls
it's just there for size.
This one turned out better than I thought it might. Of course I didn't want to get to close. Not particualr scared of spiders, just don't like the idea of them crawling over me...*shudders at the thought*
It's worthwhile being careful in the bush! Grey huntsman, Holconia immanis, in an electrical switch box on a power pole in bushland on Hervey's Range, Townsville hinterland.
She dropped her mouthful of prey remnants as she sprinted into hiding. When I looked at it, I thought it may have been the remains of a smaller, black, spider but I couldn't be sure.
Huntsman Spider with caterpillar prey. Malaysia.
More Tropical Spiders: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/01/tropical-spiders.html
Found this guy on the floor of my office when I got into work this morning. I quickly tried to get a sheet of white paper under him to take a couple of shots with my new Tamron 17 - 50 lens. Turns out he was a bit camera shy and he resented being photographed and jumped at me while I was focusing which in turn made me jump even higher. So I thought I should let him get back to the business of keeping the office cockroach population under control. Sydney Australia.